As American citizens go to the polls across the United States and its territories and cast their votes, there have been reports of long waits, in some cases hours. So we ask, is there a prayer to...
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Monday The Justice Skipped Court – Or Why The First Monday in October Was Quiet
The late author Harry Kemelman and his character, Rabbi David Small, would be proud to know that on Monday The Justice(s) Took Off. “The First Monday In October” is known as the first day...
Why Is Your (Jewish) Surgeon More Likely To Vote For Trump?
It all started at Yale University with a study on whether the political affiliation of your physician affected treatment. Professors Eitan D. Hersh and Matthew N. Goldenberg (they might be Jewish...
JewliciousReads: Is Elena Ferrante an Italian-Jewish Author? Outing a Best selling anonymous author
Is best selling author Elana Ferrante actually Anita Raja, a Jewish Italian translator at Edizioni E/O in Italy? So said the gossip site DagoSpia months ago as well as Claudio Gatti in The New York...
JewliciousArts: RainbowWashing Jerusalem and Some Other Fall Art Museum Shows
Just in time for the Jewish High Holy Days, New York City’s >Metropolitan Museum of Art wil open a show titled “JERUSALEM: 1000 – 1400 EVERY PEOPLE UNDER THE SUN” It will run...
NewsBits: Mishna In Mississippi Court, Ben-Hur de-Judaized, a Prayer for a Gold Medal, and More
This week marks 25 years since the riots between Hasidic (Lubavitch) Jews and black residents in Crown Heights in Brooklyn – an event that former NYC Mayor Ed Koch called a pogrom. Community leaders...
JewliciousReads: 18 Things You Learn From Amy Schumer’s Collection of Essays
The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer Publication Date; August 16, 2016 Publisher: Gallery Books / Simon & Schuster We dropped by the opening reading for comedian/actress/writer Amy...
Jewish Summer Campers Try Neutering Hebrew To Make It Gender Neutral
The campers at Habonim Dror’s Camp Morasha in the woods of Northeast Maryland are a creative bunch. Sleeping halfway between Lancaster and Baltimore, they have issues with the gender suffixes...